A review by miloulou
Blood and Betrayal by Lindsay Buroker

4.0

So, out of all the novels up until this point, this one is my favourite. And that is because, after four long books (that were all great, but well lacking in the romance department for me), this one delivers!

Amaranthe and Sicarius definitely have their moment, though it comes after a horrifying experience. I'm not sure I liked the way her reaction to the experience was handled, but that would be my only complaint.

Spoiler

We're finally introduced to Forge's leaders, at least in part, and there's really a good suspense in how everything is really going to explode now. And not just in the usual ones to escape and/or kill some monsters.

Maldynado as well, well I wish wish wish we got more detail about his history. The author only gave hints of depth from him, and it's hard for me to believe that what we got was all there was to him. I don't believe that someone with the strength to walk away from their wealthy family, to work for someone who isn't warrior caste when Maldynado has every reason to be just another arrogant jerk, would only have the one catalytic event in his past, and now be focused on clothes. There's definitely more to his story, but well, this is what we got. And I guess that's what makes this story less than perfect for me.